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Arbitration: useful links
Practical Law UK Help and Information Notes 8-381-9701 (Approx. 13 pages)
A note consisting of useful links to arbitration resources, including international arbitration legislation, arbitral centres and their rules, and international arbitration treaties.
International arbitration legislation
- Brazil: Arbitration Act (Law No 9.307, 1996).
- British Virgin Islands (BVI): Arbitration Act 2013.
- Canada: Arbitration Act 1991.
- England & Wales: Arbitration Act 1996.
- France: Decree No 2011-48 of 13 January 2011.
- Hong Kong: Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609).
- Ireland: Arbitration Act 2010.
- Jamaica: Arbitration Act 2017.
- The Netherlands: Arbitration Act 2015.
- New Zealand: Arbitration Act 1996.
- Also, see Arbitration Amendment Bill 2017.
- Panama: Panama Arbitration Law 2013.
- Russian Federation: Law of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration 1993.
- Scotland: Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010.
- South Korea: Arbitration Act of Korea.
- Spain: Arbitration Act (60/2003).
- Switzerland: Private International Law Act 1987 (in French), German and an unofficial English translation.
- United States: The Federal Arbitration Act 1925.
Centres, institutions and rules
- AAA/ICDR (American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution) and its Arbitration Rules.
- AIAC (Asian International Arbitration Centre) and its Arbitration Rules.
- BAC (Beijing Arbitration Commission) and its Arbitration Rules.
- BCDR-AAA (Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution) and its Arbitration Rules.
- BIAC (Bucharest International Arbitration Court) and its Arbitration Rules.
- BVI IAC (BVI International Arbitration Centre) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CAM (Milan Chamber of Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CAM (Centro de Arbitraje de México) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CRCICA (Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- ASEAC (Asian European Arbitration Centre) (formerly Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC)) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CeCAP (Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de Panamá) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution).
- CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission) and its Arbitration Rules.
- CPR (International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution) and its Arbitration Rules.
- Delos and its Arbitration Rules.
- DIA (Danish Institute of Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- DIAC (Dubai International Arbitration Centre) and its Arbitration Rules.
- DIS (German Arbitration Institute) and its Arbitration Rules.
- FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineer).
- HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre), Administered Arbitration Rules and Domestic Arbitration Rules.
- IAI Paris (International Arbitration Institute).
- IBA (International Bar Association) and its Arbitration Guidelines.
- ICAC (International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and its Arbitration Rules.
- ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) and its Arbitration Rules.
- ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration).
- ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers).
- ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes): ICSID Rules and Regulations and its Arbitration Rules.
- IUSCT (Iran - United States Claims Tribunal).
- ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration).
- JCAA (Japan Commercial Arbitration Association) and its Arbitration Rules.
- KCAB (Korean Commercial Arbitration Board) and its International Arbitration Rules and Domestic Arbitration Rules.
- LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- LME (London Metal Exchange) and its Arbitration Rules.
- MCIA (Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- NYIAC (New York International Arbitration Center).
- PCA (Permanent Court of Arbitration) and its Arbitration Rules.
- P.R.I.M.E Finance and its Arbitration Rules.
- SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre) and its Arbitration Rules.
- SCC (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce) and its Arbitration Rules.
- UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) and its Arbitration Rules.
- VIAC (Vienna International Arbitration Centre) and its Arbitration Rules.
- WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) and its Arbitration Rules.
For a detailed comparison of the ICDR, ICC, LCIA, WIPO and SCC rules, please click here.
For a table of statistical data on the number of arbitration cases received by selected arbitral institutions, please click here.
Investment treaty
- ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
- COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa).
- DR-CAFTA (Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement).
- ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes).
- ITA (Investment Treaty Arbitration).
- MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market).
- NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement).
- OHADA (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa).
- TDM (Transnational Dispute Management).
- UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).